The county commander Chen Kuang led Lu Dafang to the city wall of Lantian County.

In the face of the imminent military disaster, even Lu Dafang, who has the bearing of a prime minister, has no bottom in his heart. After all, Lu Dafang was old, and with the support of his son Lu Jingshan, he climbed to the top of the city.

Lantian County, Jingzhao Prefecture, is just an inconspicuous one among the hundreds of county towns in the northwest, neither a strategic place, nor an important economic town, the city wall is difficult to build the sense of danger of the dragon city outside the plug, just a city wall at most two zhang high, under the erosion of wind and sand, dilapidated, old, there is a kind of crumbling desolation.

As soon as Lu Dafang climbed to the top of the city, he panicked, and pulled the official robe of the county commander Chen Kuang and said angrily: "How can it be so useless? ”

The city walls are old, many places have cracked, and with only a few heavy rains, there is a possibility that the walls may collapse. The city wall can't be used on weekdays, but it can't be used at critical times, but it's a major event that will kill people! Lu Dafang was also anxious. Others can not care about Lantian, but he can't, Lantian is the Lantian of the Lu clan, and most of the people of the Lu clan are nested in Lantian?

"Old minister, you also know that I have only been in Lantian for two months, and now the autumn tax has not been collected, even if the county wants to repair the city wall, it will not be able to recruit manpower." Chen Kuang said the difficulties in his mouth, but in Lu Dafang's ears, it was more about shirking responsibility. Lantian County is the Lantian County of the Lu family.

In any county, once a family has dozens of jinshi within three generations, this county is basically the one who has the final say, and the county master is not easy to use.

The Lu family is like this, in Lantian, without the nod of the Lu family, nothing can be done, even if Chen Kuang is county order, it is the same. The repair of the city wall is also a political achievement for most of the county orders of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as it can bring the benefits of political achievements to themselves, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty will not ignore anything.

But why is Lantian County in disrepair?

Lui disagreed.

Lantian County wants to repair the city wall, which is equivalent to letting the old Lu family take the money to give out, although the Lu family has a big business, but the population is also large, and the children of the family have to support the slaves and stewards, and the Lu family will definitely be reluctant to take out such a large amount of money. And if the Lu family doesn't take the money, then for Lantian County, they can only wait for the Jingzhao Mansion to allocate money.

But today's Jingzhao Mansion is not Chang'an City during the Tang Dynasty, and it cannot be compared at all.

As for why Lantian County doesn't repair it by itself?

No money.

More than half of the land in Lantian County is in the hands of the Lu family, and the people's forced labor and taxes are already a very heavy burden. If the city wall is to be repaired, it is still the kind of city wall that has fallen into disrepair, and the huge cost is simply not something that Lantian County can afford to pay taxes. Therefore, although Chen Kuang is a county commander, it is impossible for him to repair the city wall.

Lu Dafang knew that if he continued to talk, the Lu family would bleed. It's not just as simple as bleeding, it can even bleed profusely and ruin a lot of money. Although Lu Dafang said that his official position was the largest among the brothers, he was not the head of the Lu family.

"Where is the rout? Chen County ordered who to arrange for the labor army, and if the county treasury was insufficient, the Lu family could temporarily make up for it. Lu Dafang squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, but the distance was too far to see really. I didn't even see the flag clearly, but I saw a team appear at the end of the line of sight in the distance.

But Lu Dafang didn't think it was like a rout!

The reason why a rout is a rout is that it should always have the characteristics of a rout. Scattered, messy, and unable to even maintain the marching ranks, but the scene in front of them was not quite right.

Chen Kuang was also worried, he had only been an official for a few months, but even if he had been an official for a few years, if he hadn't been in the northwest, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to see the rout, and he didn't have any good ideas. As for the labor army, there is still some grain in the treasury, and tens of thousands of people cannot supply it, but there is no problem at all for a few thousand. But it will be difficult to arrange manpower to stop the rout.

"Lu Dutou, you first take someone to stop the rout, and tell them to camp three miles away from the county seat, the official ......" Speaking of this, Chen Kuang hesitated for a while, he really didn't want to take this job, but he didn't feel at ease to let others go, so he could only bite the bullet and continue: "The official took the people to work for him." ”

Lu Ping, the head of the horsemen, looked dejected, rode his horse, followed by a dozen horses, and went out of the city to the outside of the city.

Among the marching troops.

The moment they saw the city wall, many men from the capital were moved and wanted to cry.

For many days, they hadn't even slept soundly, and they hadn't even eaten a comfortable hot meal. The clothes on his body were soaked again and again, and the people were as thin as deflated balls, collapsing. When I finally saw the city wall, I fantasized about having a good meal, taking a hot bath, and sleeping well for three days.

"Laifu, you said that if you enter the city later, what should you eat?"

"Mutton, big supplement."

"It's better to eat mutton than beef, and you have more strength!"

"I'm just waiting to get Yulu to have a good time, but I don't know if this woman in Lantian is martyr?"

"Dog head, you exchanged your life money for a free life, don't you save money to marry a daughter-in-law?"

"Little brat, you know what a fart! Your brother and I are going to be the groom tonight, will it be rare to have a daughter-in-law? Do you look at this team, are we the most comfortable? ”

"Then you can't compare to Master Li, people are the ones who live a free life."

"Bastard, can I compare to his old man? People are Jinshi masters, I'm just a forbidden army, are you hungry and your brain is broken? ”

……

Li Kui walked at the forefront of the team, marching and training, these are all simple, just pay shoes. Even Li Kui, who is a civil official, wears a pair of straw sandals that he rubs himself. In the team behind him, there were more than 1,000 people, and none of them still had a pair of cloth shoes on their feet, and their clothes were also tattered, and their faces were full of dirt and embarrassment.

Only everyone's eyes are translucent, bursting with a light that does not belong to the ordinary army.

The armament is neat, but the whole team still gives people a visual impact called Hanako.

The only difference is that the cohesion of this army has reached a level that cannot be done at all in this era, and everyone is united. As an elite of a civilian group, Li Kui was able to abandon his identity and train with a group of forbidden troops, and with this alone, Li Kui could be supported by this army. The second is the value of force, the army worships the strong, people like Li Kui should enjoy privileges in any army, not only will not be envied by people, but will also be admired.

Of course, as far as Li Kui's personality is concerned, it is certain that he eats more and occupies more, but what Li Kui eats and occupies more is the prey he hunts.

Wild boars, deer, even tigers, bears, and the small animals around him have been plagued by him.

But even if he could eat again, he would not be able to eat all the food he hunted. It can be said that Li Kui not only convinced the forbidden army, but also because he abandoned his identity, as well as strong force and a short mouth.

has been in contact with Li Kui for a long time, and the forbidden soldiers also know that Li Kui is temperamental, irritable, and difficult to get along with, but they will definitely not look down on the forbidden soldiers because of their identity.

This is a unique existence among the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Master Li, the villain has given you a greeting."

"What do you kid want to ask?"

"My lord, I heard that you attended the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, what did you eat?" The little pawn didn't have the slightest intention of avoiding it, and stared at Li Kui expectantly.

Speaking of the banquet of the Great Song royal family, Li Kui pouted and said disdainfully: "It's all cakes, most of them are meatloaf, and they are still cold and not very delicious." Li Kui said with a disgusted face: "That's what happened, the officials who participated in it were regarded as honor, and those who had never eaten it thought that eating the dragon liver and phoenix marrow of the delicacies of the mountains and seas was not as delicious as the cakes of the lady of the Wang family of Xianrenqiao." ”

"The adults are high-minded, and the villains also like the ladies of the Wang family." The little pawn was obscene between his eyebrows, and at first glance he was eating cakes, fantasizing about dirty things that had nothing to do with cakes.

Li Kui spit on the other party's face, and said angrily: "You are also worthy?" ”

The little pawn wiped the saliva from his face without caring at all, and he didn't know what shame was: "Why is the villain unworthy, if my father has a secret recipe for making cakes, won't such a woman and villain marry?" ”

"Get out."

"Okay."

Li Kui walked at the head of the team, he didn't need to supervise now, the whole team was as easy as twisting into a rope, and he didn't worry about anyone being lazy at all. And from time to time, a soldier will come to talk to him, and usually when Li Kui is in a good mood, he will say a few words to deal with. You can ask anything, and Li Kui doesn't care.

Of course, when he was angry, he slapped the little pawn who couldn't open his eyes.

What made him helpless was that with such a powerful aura, the soldiers were less and less afraid of him. Even some of the beaten soldiers were still wailing on the ground one moment, and the next moment, they boasted to Pao Ze about how unyielding they were at that time. But as long as Li Kui shouts someone, the first person to run like a dog must be this person.

Li Kui was also melancholy, this team totaled 1,500 people, and Hao Sui took 100 away. More than 70 people were missing in the middle of the road, and now there are only more than 1,300 troops, and under his training, they have become an army with a cheap bone atmosphere, and the ruffians are amazing.

It's been less than a month since this guy, and everyone is solid. Li Kui has no problem leading this army at all, but there are only two officers in charge of this army, Gao Yu and Li Yun.

Li Yun is a little better, Wu Zhuangyuan's name is enough, and he is a talent who has been bullied by Li Kui and has grown up all the way, and his style is in the same vein as Li Kui.

But if Gao Yu is allowed to take these ruffian soldiers, it will be a little embarrassing for Gao Yu.

Even if Gao Yu has achieved the ultimate of the generals and colonels in this era, eating and living with the soldiers, but if he wants to gain the support of the soldiers, he still needs an ability, superior force.

He had force, one-on-one, and he was confident that few in this army could defeat him.

But what about Li Kui?

This guy has shocked more than a thousand people by himself, and if he really does it, hundreds of people will suffer. The two of them are not at the same level at all.

What are you talking about?

More than a dozen horses came out from the direction of Lantian County, saying that they were war horses, which were buried war horses, and they were quite cheerful at a trot.

The horsemen are all headed by Luping, but he is the leader of the peasant soldiers in the county, and he has also seen the formation of thousands of troops and horses on weekdays. At the head of the city, looking from a distance, I didn't see the uniqueness of this army. But when his horse approached, he found that the discipline of this army, at least in the course of the march, was not a little stronger than that of the other forbidden armies in the original place.

There was no sign of slack in the ranks, and even though there were often soldiers coming out of the ranks, they were all regular movements. It seemed to be telling the big man at the front of the team about the situation of the team.

This kind of marching method, Lu Ping has never heard of, plus the army marches neatly, and the soldiers can't see the expression on their faces, but the fierce air that sacrifices me to death still makes Lu Ping gasp, how can such an army be a rout?

Thinking of this, Lu Ping had an extra heart.

A dozen horses lined up in the middle of the road, blocking the army's path.

Li Kui raised his right hand, and when Gao Yu saw this, he immediately shouted: "The whole army stops advancing!" ”

"The whole army stops advancing!"

Thousands of people, under one movement, actually stopped their steps. This shows that thousands of soldiers and soldiers have maintained their concentration during the march. It's not that Lu Ping hasn't seen the army, on the contrary, he has seen a lot of troops, and the army that the Great Song Dynasty marched into the northwest had to be repaired in Lantian. Although most of the forbidden army had combat effectiveness, it was almost impossible to keep everyone focused on the long march, which was almost impossible to do in the Great Song army.

Because of the long-distance march, it is often not a dozen miles, but dozens of miles a day, and it is not impossible for the total distance to exceed a thousand miles.

With this hand, Lu Ping, who thought he was superior in Lantian vision, was suppressed. But the town is the town, but he still can't get rid of the fact that the other side is a military man, he is a sitting tiger ordered by the county commander, can he be afraid?

"Who is the main general of that army?"

"The ...... of the infantry army in front of the Jingying Palace"

Gao Yu, as the chief general of the military division, naturally wanted to come forward to negotiate, but the problem was that before he finished speaking, the other party spat on the ground, and his disdainful gaze made Gao Yu feel quite dazzling: "Shameless thing, the old soldiers in Beijing will be such a down-and-out appearance as you." Say, the security army, or the border army? ”

This can't be blamed on others, whether it is the security army or the Dingbian army, it is the main force of the Yongxing Military Road, and it is the closest to Lantian. Of course, Lu Ping only thought about this aspect when he saw that the people on the opposite side were still a little imposing. If it is Jingying, it is the forbidden army of Kaifeng Mansion, it is the emperor's pro-army, can it be the virtue in front of him?

Gao Yu was choked, forgot all the words under his head, and stood in place trembling angrily: "Dogs look down on people's ......"

And Lu Ping's words immediately aroused strong dissatisfaction among the forbidden soldiers, but the strange thing was that Li Kui didn't speak, and no one dared to squeak. Lu Ping stared at Li Kui, he decided that Li Kui was the leader of this army, and kept paying attention to Li Kui's reaction.

Li Kui opened his mouth and said: "This official is the county lieutenant of Yangquan County, this is an official document. ”

He wasn't ready to cause trouble, so he took out the official document from the ministry and handed it to Lu Ping, which had been on his body for almost a month, marching all day, and not keeping it well, and now it was already crumpled and almost falling apart.

After Lu Ping saw it, his mind became heavier.

The county lieutenant is a civil official!

But Li Kui's appearance, where are the traces of civil officials?

Lu Pinghu looked at the official document suspiciously, becoming more and more vigilant in his heart, and said in a strange manner: "What is the origin of Master Li!" It can't just be a county lieutenant, right? ”

"Jin Shi and the first, from the Seven Grades of the Secret Pavilion to the post."

This is all the official positions that Li Kui can take out, but in Lu Ping's eyes, these official positions are determined to be fake officials in Li Kui's poetry, and they dare to pretend to be civil officials. ”

Lu Ping rode on a horse, and kept a certain distance from Li Kui, he found that there was no horse on the opposite side, so he had the confidence to be arrogant, but he rode a horse and ran, and then dropped a sentence: "Come and chase me!" ”

The subordinates who came out with the horsemen also thought that it was no problem, but they had four legs to help, so they were not afraid of Li Kui's outburst at all.

On the contrary, Li Kui's face turned green with anger, he even dared to bully himself and tear his body apart, this beam is too big. Li Kui glared at Lu Ping viciously, gritted his teeth and said, "Boy, you have a big deal!" ”